Smith v. . Hedges
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered August 7, 1915, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered August 7, 1915, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The audit, i. e., the determination by the board of supervisors of the number of lines copied and extended, is conclusive, except on a direct review by certiorari or otherwise. (Cons. Laws, ch. 11, § 23; Cons. Laws, ch. 24, § 51; Osterhoudt v. Rigney, 98 N. Y. 222; Talcott v.…
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
This is a taxpayer’s action. (General Municipal Law [Cons. Laws, ch. 24], § 51.) Defendant was the supervisor of the town of Brookhaven in the county of Suffolk. Plaintiffs sue to recover charges, alleged to be illegal, collected by defendant in connection with the assessment rolls of the town for the years 1910, 1911 and 1912.
The County Law [Cons. Laws, ch. 11], section 23, as it then read, provided for a charge by the supervisor against the county for copying the assessment roll of “ three cents for each written line for the first one hundred lines, two cents per line for the second hundred…
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- Osterhoudt v. . RigneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Nichols v. . PinnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- People v. . SutherlandNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- People Ex Rel. Smith v. . ClarkeNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Wadsworth v. . Bd. of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
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